Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 242: The insidious sewer boss—Yu Yuan, sabotaging everything

The sewer tunnels of Green Forest City were pitch black.

Yu Yuan had just dodged the attack of the Giant Mutant Rat, his gaze shifting to the branching passageway.

Under the effect of Dark Vision, he immediately spotted a man and a dog concealing themselves about twenty to thirty meters away.

Yu Yuan recognized one piece of the man's clothing as a Rare-tier piece of equipment produced in Freedom Tower, confirming this was undoubtedly Stag.

The giant hunting dog beside him also drew Yu Yuan's attention.

A hunting dog the size of a small calf was something Yu Yuan had genuinely never seen before. Moreover, this hunting dog had clearly defined muscle lines, its ears were pricked up, and its gaze was sharp.

One look was enough to know it would be quite troublesome to deal with.

The red dot on the Combat Detector now also overlapped with this hunting dog.

Yu Yuan's gaze, directed towards them, wasn't detected by Stag, but the hunting dog immediately met Yu Yuan's eyes.

It quickly assumed a combat stance.After dodging another attack from the Giant Mutant Rat, Yu Yuan vanished from his spot.

Having attacked several times before, the Giant Mutant Rat had long since figured out Yu Yuan's patterns.

After its attack failed, it immediately turned its head to search for Yu Yuan's location.

It immediately saw Yu Yuan, who had just appeared in the branching passageway... and the man and dog standing in front of him.

Tie Xiong was crouching in the sewer with Black Slayer, trying his best to conceal their presence.

Although he didn't have exclusive abilities like Dark Vision or Infrared Vision that allowed sight in darkness, he did possess the biological detection perception granted by his [Wilderness Hunter] title.

Under this ability, even in the darkness, he could still see the basic outlines of the man and the rat in combat.

He had been trying to guess the identities of this man and rat.

Then, he suddenly saw the human figure vanish in an instant.

But the next moment, Tie Xiong's [Wilderness Hunter] perception alerted him to an anomaly behind him. He immediately turned his head to look.

He saw that the man had already appeared two meters behind him. At this distance, Tie Xiong's somewhat enhanced vision could clearly make out the other's appearance.

Just in time to see the other person toss a grenade towards him while greeting him.

"Hello, good luck! This stupid rat is all yours!"

Immediately after, this person actually vanished again right before his eyes.

"Damn it!"

He had no time for further thought, as the grenade was already in front of him.

Acting on instinct, Tie Xiong performed a mid-air kick, volleying the grenade towards the other side of the tunnel.

"Bad move!" The moment he kicked the grenade, Tie Xiong realized the situation was bad, because that direction was precisely where the giant rat was.

By this point, Tie Xiong understood perfectly well what was happening.

The person just now was the guy from the Yu Yuan Shelter, and he had actually known about Tie Xiong's movements all along.

And that enormous rat wasn't working with Yu Yuan at all; they were enemies.

These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

Tie Xiong had already leaped up, landing on Black Slayer's back, tightly hugging the dog's neck, and shouted:

"Black Slayer, run!"

Boom—

An explosion echoed through the sewer.

Shrapnel and the shockwave from the blast caused the mutant rat to roar in fury.

Illuminated by the flames from the explosion.

The Giant Mutant Rat's venomous gaze fell upon Tie Xiong and the large black dog, Black Slayer, who were fleeing.

That damnable human was gone. That person was his accomplice. Then~~ they all must die!

Squeak squeak—

The Giant Mutant Rat moved!

Already agitated from losing Yu Yuan's trail, the Giant Mutant Rat clearly had eyes only for the fleeing man and dog ahead.

It wanted to tear them to shreds.

Squeak squeak—

The Giant Mutant Rat immediately gave chase to the sprinting black dog.

One man, one dog, one rat.

Within the sewers of Green Forest City, a performance of—John Wick: Sewer Chapter—began.

Truly a case of the rat giving chase and the dog fleeing for its life.

"That guy is truly despicable! No wonder his ranking rose so fast, playing so dirty." As the large black dog Black Slayer ran at full speed, Tie Xiong felt the extreme sense of pressure coming from behind, his adrenaline surging.

The threat of death from this rat was too strong.

This sense of pressure surpassed all creatures he had encountered before.

The Spiritual Deer King he had killed wasn't even fit to carry this rat's shoes, figuratively speaking.

But this is a city area!

How could such a powerful creature exist here? Don't the Thug factions care?!

These questions flashed through Tie Xiong's mind; he wanted to vent his frustration.

But the pressure from behind and the constant flashes of death warnings in his mind made Tie Xiong only hope that Black Slayer would be strong enough to shake off this rat.

Unfortunately, reality is often quite cruel.

Especially when a ghostly and elusive old six is hiding nearby.

Just at the moment when Black Slayer, sprinting at full speed, pushed off the ground with its hind legs, stretched its front legs forward, and leaped with all its might.

A pair of large hands coalesced from dark shadows suddenly grabbed Black Slayer's two hind legs, which were about to retract, firmly pinning them in their original position.

This was precisely the signature skill of a battlefield old six—pulling someone's leg.

Those large hands were also coalesced by Yu Yuan manipulating shadows. After two days of constant practice, they were already far from what they used to be.

Although, under Black Slayer's immense strength, those shadowy hands quickly snapped and dispersed.

But the purpose of that momentary interference had already been achieved.

"Awooo~~~" All Black Slayer had time for was a howl of distress.

The next moment.

Thud—

Its body, which had been fully extended, slammed straight down onto the sewer floor.

Its head even made intimate contact with the ground from between its two front legs.

Even though Black Slayer was a Spiritual Creature, such a violent impact left it thoroughly dazed and disoriented; a concussion was unavoidable.

And Tie Xiong, true to being a Driven Faction player, reacted and acted with remarkable decisiveness.

The instant the large black dog Black Slayer was controlled, he had already used his momentum to tumble forward.

After rolling twice on the ground, he rose to his feet using the momentum, that bone spear already gripped in his hand.

But the Giant Mutant Rat had already seized this opportunity to catch up.

Squeak squeak—

As the rat's cry sounded, a strong, pungent, fishy stench assaulted their noses.

It opened its large mouth and lunged towards the large black dog that had just gotten up.

Its enormous, yellow-enamel-covered front incisors were like guillotine blades. It looked like Black Slayer was about to meet its end in the rat's jaws.

But Tie Xiong, amidst curses, flung out a thorny vine.

After leaving Tie Xiong's hand, the thorny vine shot out like a venomous snake, rapidly enlarging and coiling around the Giant Mutant Rat's body.

The first thing it did was wrap around the rat's mouth. The thorns on the vine tried to pierce the rat's body to inject toxins.

But the Giant Mutant Rat's fur was inherently tough; it wouldn't be easily pierced by the thorny vine. The rat also swung its sharp claws, slicing through the thorny vine.

Seizing this opportunity, Black Slayer quickly scrambled up, came to Tie Xiong's front, shook its head, and charged at the Giant Mutant Rat, beginning to bite and tear.

In the darkness not far away, Yu Yuan, under the effect of [Concealment], watched as Tie Xiong actually managed to restrain the Giant Mutant Rat, and that large black dog's combat power was also quite astonishing.

He clicked his tongue in amazement to himself.

"As expected, players who can make it into the top five thousand all have their special tricks. Good thing I didn't act rashly, otherwise, getting hit unexpectedly and then torn apart by that black dog... I probably really couldn't handle it!"

On Tie Xiong's side, he had already understood that combat was unavoidable. Now that they were entangled with this giant rat, not to mention that treacherous guy Yu Yuan was lurking nearby.

Compared to the giant rat, Tie Xiong was even more wary of Yu Yuan. He understood that if he didn't force that guy out, he would undoubtedly die today.

As long as he killed Yu Yuan, he could immediately withdraw from this world.

Understanding the crux of the problem.

While the giant rat was tangled up by the thorny vine and Black Slayer, Tie Xiong activated [Hunting Vision] once more...